The Cobble Hill Tree Fund

Annual Plant Sale, May 1st

Georgia — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:37:29 +0000

The CHTF Annual Plant Sale will be held Saturday, May 1st at Cobble Hill Park, from 10:30 AM to 3 PM. We will have annuals, herbs, tomatoes, geraniums and an increased variety of perennials.

We’ll also have a plant/tree identification activity for children in the Park.

Hope to see you there!

Thanks for a Successful Tree Chipping—Jan. 9th, 2010

Georgia — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:54:19 +0000

Dear Friends:

We can all feel pleased with a very successful Tree Chipping two weeks ago. A record 720 trees were chipped and many, many bags of mulch were taken off by people to put in their tree pits or gardens. Several truck loads of mulch went to Red Hook Park for the garden there. All in all, it was a wonderful Community Event and we can be quite proud of our efforts.

Thanks to our Members: Linda Blyer, Sarah Erlij, John Kibbe, Gale, Ian and Tom Synnott, Georgia Willett and Dick Van Bolt.

AND Leroy Branch of CB-6 who negotiated with Sanitation not to pick up trees the week before. Tom Ching, Deputy Director of Operations for Brooklyn Parks who helped keep things moving and worked with me filling mulch bags. Andy Rabb, Brooklyn Forester who provided much-needed moral support at a crucial moment.

AND the very helpful Boy Scouts of Troop 815—Lou Garcia, Scout Master and Troop 213—Rich Kelley, Scout Master and Chris Conner, Ass’t Scout Master—who cheerfully gathered trees from streets and trucks.

AND OF COURSE Hollis Fitch, Master Chipper, whose efficiency and good humor made it all possible.

With thanks and best wishes,

Tom Synnott, Co-chair

Cobble Hill Tree Fund

Christmas Tree Recycling January 9 & 10

Georgia — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:45:10 +0000

Neighborhood Christmas Tree Recycling

In Cooperation with Mulchfest 2010 by City of New York/ Parks and Recreation Department

Saturday, January 9 and Sunday, January 10.

Drop off your Christmas trees at the location below. Wreaths and garlands cannot be accepted. Please remove lights and decorations. No artificial trees!

Cobble Hill Park: Clinton and Verandah Place 9:30 – 2:00 PM

MULCH BAGS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WISHING TO TAKE MULCH FOR THEIR GARDENS OR TREE PITS.

Trees will not be accepted after the scheduled times.

Sponsored by: Cobble Hill Tree Fund, Cobble Hill Association, Friends of Cobble Hill Park, & Boy Scout Troops 213 & 815

Please spread the word, volunteers are most welcome!

Certificate of appreciation

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:13:34 +0000

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How to buy a tax-deductible tree from The Cobble Hill Tree Fund

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:33:24 +0000

We have a downloadable brochure (in PDF format) that has all the information you need on ordering, planting, and caring for your tree. Just click here.

Annual Plant Sale: Saturday May 2nd, 10:30am - 3:00pm

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:48:25 +0000

Come join the Cobble Hill Tree Fund at our Annual Plant Sale, Saturday May 2nd, 10:30am - 3:00pm.
We expect to have an excellent selection of Annuals for planting in gardens, tree pits, window boxes and some nice Perennials. There will be plants for both sun and shade.

Proceeds go to planting and supporting our neighborhood’s street trees. Help be a part in keeping Cobble Hill Green!

We’ll have lots for you to plant, so come down to Verandah Park and take a look!

The Benefits of Urban Trees

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:25:40 +0000

Urban trees improve air quality, protect the water supply, save energy, increase the number of tourists and shoppers in an area, help to combat global warming.
Please click to read the full article.

Benefits:
1. Combat Global Warming
2. Energy Savings
3. Pollution
4. Economic Stability

MulchFest 2009: Thanks to All for a Happy and Successful Tree Chipping (Jan. 10, 2009)

admin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 18:56:06 +0000

Dear Friends:

Despite the cold weather and the threat of deep snow (which never materialized) we had a record tree chipping–631 trees. A good deal of mulch was given back to parents and children in Mulchfest bags provided by our friend and Brooklyn Forester, Andy Rabb.

Many people helped make this a successful neighborhood event as well. For the Tree Fund we had Dick Van Bolt, Sarah Erlij, John Kibbe, Georgia Willett,Tony Zinsser, Proctor Schenk,Gale, Ian and Tom Synnott and a new addition to our group, Jennifer Stoody. Three troops of boy scouts did yeoman work gathering trees from nearby blocks, pulling trees to the chipper and disentangling lights and ornaments from the trees. Troop 815–Scout Master Louis Garcia–and Troop 213–Scout Master Rich Kelley and Ass’t Scout Master Chris Conner– made the work go faster and seem fun at the same time. I think there was a third troop but I don’t have their number at this time.

Two truck-loads of mulch went to Red Hook Park, where they will improve the fields.

We were fortunate to be able to get warmed up and have hot chocolates at the new coffee shop ‘Ted and Honey’ which bore up well with the noise.

Finally, Hollis Fitch and his able helper from Prospect Tree Service made it all possible.

Thanks to everyone for all your hard work.

As ever,
Tom

You can find more pictures in our gallery here.

Saving the Cobble Hill Mulberry

admin — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:28:32 +0000

It may have been a sapling, but it looked like a stick. Diane Dillon, for one, was fairly skeptical that the branch her elderly neighbor stuck in the ground in front of his Cobble Hill brownstone one day in the late 1960s — a twig, no thicker than her finger — would ever amount to much. She was pretty sure the wind would just blow it away….

The tree, on Kane Street near Tompkins Place, became a giant, with branches that reach across Kane, roots that have torn apart the sidewalk, and a trunk wrapped in vines that leans into the street like an old man warning cars away.

Read the whole NYT article here.

May 3rd Plant Sale- Thank you for all your help!

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:01:18 +0000

Despite a cold dreary morning, our Plant Sale on May 3rd turned out to be a super success! I know it was hard work and took longer than any of us could have wished ( We packed up at 5:00pm), but it was well worth everyone’s efforts.

We also made some important donations:

1. Seventy geraniums in 4 inch pots to the Cobble Hill Nursing Home. They were much enjoyed by patients and staff.

2. Twelve flats of mixed plants were given toPS 29 for the Children’s Garden and were gratefully received. Two of the men from the maintenance team picked them up from Dick’s front yard on Monday morning, and were truly delighted.

3. Several flats for Cobble Hil Park, picked up by Barbara Krongel.

4. Three flats to 250 Baltic Street for the small planters.

In addition it was a really nice community event. Joan Millman, our NY Assemblywoman came by to see how it was going as did Murray Adams, President of the Cobble Hill Association.

Finally Alice Weatherford and Sarah Erlij vastly expanded our selection of plants, delighting our traditional customers.

So, despite the extra hours involved and the considerable amount of material that had to be moved around, I think we can be proud of what we accomplished. I know that I am very grateful to all of you.

Thank you very much,

Tom

Chair
CHTF

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